Improvement in adjustable handles for rolling barrels



. c. o. DODGE. I ADJUSTABLE HANDLES FOR ROLLING BARR'ELS, &c.

N.195,z1o Patented S ept. 1-8,1877.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHESTER O. DODGE, OF COLEBROOK, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN ADJUSTABLE HANDLES FOR ROLLING BARREL S, &c.

Specification forming P t of Letters Patent No. 195.210, dated September18, 1877 application filed July 20, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHESTER O. DODGE, of (Jolebrook, in the county ofAshtabula and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and ImprovedAdjustable Handle for Rolling Barrels, &c.; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and complete de scription thereof,reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, making a part of thesame.

The, nature of my invention relates to a certain article or device forrolling barrels, kegs, logs, &c., which consists of a pair of adjustablehandles jointed together, and arranged in such manner that theinstrument may be readily adjusted to barrels, &c., of various lengths,for rolling.

The difficulty and labor in rolling barrels, &c., is muchreduced by theuse of my improvement, and is adapted to all circumstances andconditions, when the rolling of barrels and kegs is required.

Reference may be had to the annexed drawings for a more full descriptionof said invention.

In the drawings, A A represent two sections, which are jointed orpivoted together at B by a pin, screw, or bolt, forming the joint B. Thesections extend and then turn at right angles, or nearly so, as seen atG, the ends of which form pointed returns D D, which points are designedto pierce into the wood or head of the keg or barrel to formcenter-points for rolling the same at the opposite side of the joint B.The sections terminate in handles E E, upon which is placed a ring, F,for the purpose hereinafter set forth.

The section A is composed of two parts or pieces. The part or limb a isprovided with a slot, G, through which pass the screw-pins H, or theirequivalents, and screw into the piece or limb a of section A. By thismeans the limb to may be extended from, or down nearerto. the pivot orcenter B, which will admit of the instrument being adjusted to variouslengths of barrels, logs, &c., and secured in this adjustment by theset-screws H between the center-points D D for rolling.

The adjustment may be also made by changing the pivot B to I or I, asthe case may require. This changing of the pivotal center orjoint B to Ior I will draw the points D D closer together. Hence, by the arrangementspecified the instrpment is provided with means for a single or doubleadjustment, by which it may be adapted to various lengths of barrels,kegs, logs, &c. The use and result will be equally efficient under theseseveral adjustments.

By opening the handles E E the points D D will recede from each other.This expansion will allow the points to pass over the chimes of thebarrel or keg J. Then by compressing the handles the said points areforced into the head of the barrel, (as near the center as may be,) thusmaking centers or pivots by which the barrel, 850., may be rolled fromone place to another with more case and facility than can be done byhand-labor, and by means of the ring F the handles may be firmly held inplace by drawing the ring toward the outer ends of the handles. Thisring will hold the handles so effectually that the person using theinstrument will only need slight exertion to roll the barrel, as thering will hold the arms and centers D in place.

What 1 claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The limb a, provided with a slot, G, in combination with theset-screws H, limb a, and section A, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

2. The jointed sections A A, provided with arms and center-pivots D, incombination with the limb at, having a slot therein, screw-pins H, andlimb a, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

CHESTER O. DODGE.

Witnesses:

F. F. DALARD, J. W. FIELD.

